Miami crushed Virginia Tech to keep heat on College Football Playoff committee. Head-to-head of Miami beating Notre Dame not enough for this committee. If playoff included 12 best teams, Notre Dame and Miami would both make it. But, it doesn’t Hunter Yurachek will need something bigger than a handkerchief to mop all the sweat off his forehead after his next ...
Getting recruited: This is Part 1 of a series that looks behind the curtain of college recruiting. USA TODAY Sports was granted behind-the-scenes access by the football staff at the University of Pennsylvania, a Division I program that offers a high academic profile but no Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) money or scholarships. This week: How does a kid get ...
Texas football quarterback Arch Manning has been known to throw and run for a touchdown or two. In Week 13, Manning found a new way to find the end zone. On second-and-goal late in the first quarter against Arkansas, the Longhorns fooled the Razorbacks with a designed trick play that had Manning going out right after taking the initial snap ...
James Harden set a Los Angeles Clippers franchise record by scoring 55 points in a victory against the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday, Nov. 22. Harden scored 27 points in the first quarter of the 131-116 win, which ended a three-game losing streak. He finished with 10 three-pointers to break the previous team record of 52 held by Bob McAdoo (twice) ...
EUGENE, OR — Week 13 of the college football season centered on Autzen Stadium, where No. 5 Oregon took on No. 16 Southern California in a Big Ten battle with major College Football Playoff implications. The Ducks needed a signature win to become a virtual lock for the CFP, and got just that with a 42-27 victory over the Trojans. ...
Though he has struggled for much of the season to live up to otherworldly expectations (and though his team will need some breaks to make the College Football Playoff), Arch Manning is arguably the most famous and breathlessly discussed players in college football. This weekend, the No. 1 overall recruit in the 2023 class — and, famously, the nephew of ...
In a social media montage celebrating his career, Paul captioned: ‘What a ride… Still so much left… Grateful for this last chapter.’ Paul, who hails from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was selected as the fourth overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Hornets. He spent six years with the Hornets before being traded to the Clippers, where ...
The stage is set for the 2025 NWSL championship. The No. 2 seed Washington Spirit and the No. 8 seed Gotham FC will meet in the NWSL Championship at 8 p.m. ET Saturday, Nov. 22 (CBS, Paramount+) at PayPal Park in San Jose, California. The Spirit return to the final for the second consecutive season following a dominant 2-0 semifinal ...
Kennedy Urlacher made a big play for Southern California football as it attempted to make a comeback against Oregon on Saturday, Nov. 22. With the Trojans trailing the Ducks 28-14 in the third quarter, Urlacher picked off a pass from Dante Moore and returned it 14 yards to the Oregon 14-yard line. That set up a 4-yard touchdown pass from ...
Former NBA player and Wake Forest standout Rodney Rogers has died at the age of 54, the university announced. The National Basketball Players Association said that Rogers died of natural causes linked to a spinal cord injury. Rogers, who earned the nickname “Durham Bull,” spent 12 seasons in the NBA after his playing days with the Demon Deacons, and in ...